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I can’t believe the Fourth of July is in two short days! We’re gearing up for our annual gathering, where Marlboro Man will grill a bunch of steaks and everyone will bring their favorite potluck dish. I love thinking about food this time of year, and here are some of my [...] Keep Reading

I’ve made this simple pasta salad for years and years, and have always loved the heck out of it. It’s zippy, flavorful, and fun, and is as delicious by itself as it is alongside grilled chicken, shrimp, or steaks. I made it recently on one of my Food Network episodes, and [...] Keep Reading

I made this fresh-and-lovely pasta salad to go with the Oven BBQ Chicken Thighs I made Sunday, and I’ve been enjoying it all the live-long week. Not to be clichéd or anything, but I’m a huge lover of kale…and it happens to be totally delicious tossed around with bowtie [...] Keep Reading

I can’t believe Fourth of July is almost here. I have so many questions! WHO can believe a year has passed since the last Fourth of July? WHAT in the world is happening? WHEN will time stop flying by? WHERE in the world are my lawn chair cushions? WHY do my dogs prefer sleeping on [...] Keep Reading

I love cheesecake, but rather than go the traditional, predictable Springform pan route, I sometimes like to bake them in a rectangular pan and cut them into squares. It’s easier to cut and easier to serve, which means it’s easier to eat, which is always a plus in my book. It [...] Keep Reading

Whoa…Memorial Day weekend sneaked up on me! What about you? In preparation for a summer filled with barbecues and get-togethers, I wanted to share this gorgeous drink recipe, which I included in the Fourth of July section of my holiday cookbook. It’s precious and pink, and is [...] Keep Reading

I have fallen in love with quinoa over the past year or so, which is approximately 4 billion years after the rest of America fell in love with it, but I live on an isolated ranch in Oklahoma and trends generally take a little longer to get here. I don’t make quinoa in my own kitchen [...] Keep Reading

I don’t make ribs very often, because when I eat ribs I feel like a cavewoman. And you know what? I love eating ribs for that very reason. Sometimes it’s just fun to cut loose, lean over your plate, and dive in with both hands, unconcerned about how unfeminine—and covered [...] Keep Reading

This is the time, a few days before the Fourth, when we start mowing, weedeating, weeding flower beds, cleaning the house, getting out our drink tubs, hosing down the porch and sidewalk, blowing out the garage, and otherwise try to get our homestead gussied up before approximately 162 [...] Keep Reading

First of all, I endured great agony over what to call this unbelievably delicious and delightful concoction that’s as scrumptious with a bowl of tortilla chips as it is served on top of grilled chicken or fish. Most normal people would call it Watermelon Salsa. And technically, that [...] Keep Reading

Yesterday I had time, at long last, to settle in and cook a new recipe for this here website o’ mine. It was a beautiful feeling and made me realize how much I love doing this whole foodblogging thing. And part of why I love it is that I don’t have to worry about what my makeup [...] Keep Reading

Making a big ol’ batch of lemonade is one of my favorite summertime rituals, and I’d be seriously lost and forlorn in the wilderness if something happened to the worldwide lemon crop one year and I wasn’t able to make it. No mix or frozen concentrate can possibly give you the same [...] Keep Reading

I made this colorful, crunchy, and yes, carb-filled salad for a late lunch yesterday. My mom was visiting and was making a batch of her healthy muffins when I said “Since you’re making your healthy muffins, I’m going to make us a salad for lunch!” “Oh, sounds [...] Keep Reading

I think you’ll love this colorful, pretty fruit salad, which is drizzled with a lovely orange-vanilla syrup, which glosses it up and makes it visually irresistible, which makes you want to stand over the bowl and slurp up every single bite, which won’t leave any for your brunch [...] Keep Reading

It’s Monday! It’s a brand new week! The birds are chirping! The coffee’s brewing! Everything has such hope and promise! And here’s why: The utter horror—the abject hopelessness—of springing forward is finally behind us. Man, was this year a toughie. I [...] Keep Reading

When I get a hankering for beef fajitas, I pretty much can think of nothing else until I eat them. I made them over the weekend after a profound craving set in—and no, I’m not pregnant I think as far as I know—and ohhhhh, was the reward so sweet. Here’s how I like [...] Keep Reading

This is a cute, diminutive play on Marlboro Man’s Second Favorite Sandwich. (Please enjoy that vintage post of mine! My fingers were much skinnier back then.) Anyway, this the same general sandwich—grilled chicken, chewy bacon, and gooey cheese—but in precious little [...] Keep Reading

A couple of weeks ago (or was it a couple of years ago? Or a couple of months ago? Or is it next week? I’m confused) I posted this luscious recipe for Pepperoni Pizza burgers: Pepperoni Pizza Burgers. Amen. I took a bite and decided it was pretty much the most luscious thing [...] Keep Reading

I made pizza burgers last week and all I can say is that I’ve never been more violently struck with the need to go to food-related confession than I was the moment I took my first bite. My…goodness. And I wasn’t the only one. Cowboy Josh happened to drop by just as I was [...] Keep Reading

I’ve got Mango Margaritas on the brain for three very important reasons: 1. It’s one of my favorite recipes in my new cookbook. I mean my second cookbook. It came out in March. Newer cookbook. I’m glad we had this talk. 2. I served to ten guests I had over for dinner last [...] Keep Reading